The door was already open when Shiro came by, an immense chill going up her spine as she realized that Kiria's room was freezing cold! But upon closer inspection, Lance was there putting a wet rag to Kiria's forehead as she laid in bed. Inside of the room was a rather interesting site. The room had the scene of an entire snowy forest and the night sky full of stars painted on the walls and ceiling of Kiria's room. Even more interesting was a small collection of what looked like ice sculptures inside of a large glass cooling unit on the other side of the room. Lance sighed and stopped putting the rag to Kiria's forehead, having not noticed Shiro yet.

"You know this hobby of yours is going to get you in a lot of trouble if you're not careful. You keep catching colds everytime you sculpt."

He commented, Kiria's giggles turning into a cough as she did so.

"I can't help it. I love to do it so much."

She told him, watching him pull the three thick blankets up to her chin, each one a different color. They were light blue, deep red and forest green respectively.

Shiro shivered when she walked to the room and looked around surprised as she found out why it was so cold. The room inside was very pretty as well but she wondered why someone who was sick so often would make their room so cold. Surely there was a nicer place that she could do this at and not in her room. Though she didn't say anything as she knocked on the door lightly, glancing at the two of them.

Kiria blinked when she heard about Kuro. As he looked around the room though, Kuro could see a scene in the glass case of ice sculptures. It looked like a laughing little girl playing in the snow while a dog the size of an arctic wolf romped around in the fake white snow on the ground. It looked very pretty but....it was missing something. Where there was supposed to be a large doghouse for the big dog in the scene, there was an empty space.

Kiria slowly climbed out of bed, careful about the cold floor in her bare feet.

"It's about a dream I keep having. I've actually never seen real snow before being honest. But it's always been in my dreams. I wish I could just touch it, just once. But I'm always getting sick in the winter time so I can never go outside or see the snow in time before it gets dirty."

She explained, walking over to the door to the glass case and opening it gently. A rush of even colder air came out of the case as she did so, smiling at Kuro as she waited for him to walk inside and look around.

Shiro tilted her head and followed after Kiria when she went and opened the case, shivering from the cold air coming from inside before worrying for Kiria. Kuro was curious though as he went into the case and sniffed around some, looking at everything as well as seeming to be careful about where he walked.

"I am sure some day you will be able to play in the snow, right now though you should just try and get better right?"

Kiria shook her head and laughed a little, a couple of years forming in her eyes.

"I'm always getting sick Shiro. I don't know if seeing the snow for real and playing in it will ever happen. But this...."

She looks onto her tiny collection of ice sculptures, all of them glittering and perfect where they were.

"This is the closest I can get to it. And I really want to finish it. But for some reason, everytime I try and sculpt the doghouse, it comes out without any real detail. I can never tell if it's made of wood or what in my dreams. I keep waking up before I can see it. Kinda sad huh?"

Shiro looked at Kiria as she spoke and almost panicked when she started to tear up, not sure what to do with a friend who seemed so sad and hurt about something like this. She moved closer to Kiria after a second of thinking and hugged her lightly, trying to offer comfort as Kuro walked around quietly.

"I can carry you around when it snows then, maybe just for a little while so you can see it. Even though I have never liked snow, I can try to let you enjoy it."

Kiria widened her eyes in a bit of surprise when Shiro hugged her so suddenly like she did, not knowing what to do with it for a second. Gradually though, she slowly closed her eyes and leaned into the hug.

"I wouldn't want to be such a burden to you like that Shiro. But thank you."

Shiro shook her head slightly as she hugged Kiria and smiled at her slightly, even if she couldn't see as they where together in a hug.

"You wouldn't be a burden like that, I am sure it would be fine. We could find something nice and warm to eat after too so maybe you won't be too sick. For now though we should try and make sure you don't get much more sick from the cold."

She said and watched Kuro come back out of the case, moving to let go of Kiria lightly as she went to close the case carefully.

Kiria nodded slowly in defeat from Shiro's suggestion, very much wanting to help her decorate her room but she couldn't help the fact that she was right. Walking over to her bed, she slips her jacket off and places back onto her bedside table before climbing into her bed underneath the thick blankets.

Kiria nodded slowly, Shiro's care with tucking her into bed making her yawn cutely before her eyes closed and she snuggled into the blankets on her body. Soon enough, the sounds of her gentle breathing in her sleep signaled that she'd fallen into her little dream world.

Shiro couldn't help but smile some as she watched Kiria fall asleep, she hadn't really tried to care for someone before like this but she felt happy that she had cared for a friend. Now she felt that she should leave her to sleep though, so she picked Kuro up and put him on her shoulder before turning to leave. She still had a smile on her face as she went to leave the room and shut the door behind herself.

Lance watched Shiro with a gentle smile on his face as Shiro, shut the door to Kiria's room quietly. She hadn't noticed his presence as he's been watching her since she hugged Kiria and convinced the stubborn girl to go to sleep. He spoke up finally once the door to her room had been closed all of the way.

"You know, with the way you treated Kiria just now I can't help but think how much better you seem at this time dealing with children than fighting. It makes me wonder if you're a great cook too. Now that would make me truly lucky."

He commented, still watching Shiro with Kiria's bottle of water in his hands.

Lance gently hugged Shiro back and rubbed the top of her head about where her ears would be if she'd been in wolf form.

"Say whatever you like, that kid is far too stubborn for even me or Ikari to get doing what she really needs to sometimes. So if you can get her to even consider resting like she really should, you've got a real talent for being a mother."

"You handled it well though. And you're absolutely right that she needs rest. She's too stubborn to really admit it when she's getting sick so she always says that she's fine so that we don't worry about her."